Illinois has signed onto a key agreement that will unlock federal funds for a must-anticipated project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker had until the end of June to sign a partnership agreement with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the project would face additional costs and delays. He waited until the end.
The Brandon Road Interbasin Project is a state-of-the art defense system at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam along the Des Plaines River in Joliet, Illinois. It’s an important choke point where many have long feared that invasive carp could make their way into Lake Michigan from the Mississippi River, jeopardizing the multi-billion dollar fishing and recreation industries and destroying ecosystems…